we have dark brown line of communications, which is the military's complicated word for roads, that go to afghanistan. and that route is critical to the supply of our troops. >> they were conditions, not cuts. >> on top of that, we had intelligence cooperation. our folks rebuild -- were able to cooperate on a run in pakistan. that is one of the ways we were able to get some of the lady in -- osama bin laden. was there permissiveness and allowing our people to be there that help us be able to tie the knot that focused on that to some degree. not exclusively, obviously, but to some degree. in addition, they have lost some 6000 people just in the last year in their efforts to go after terrorists. they have lost about 30,000 people over the course of the last several years because they have been willing to engage the insurgencies. there are things that the pakistanis have done. as complicated as the relationship has been. i intend to raise the issue of doctor rafridi with of them, i can promise you that. but i do not think it is wise to just cut our assistance. we need to build our relatio